# kveld
## Icelandic
### Alternative forms

* kvöld (common)

### Etymology

From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰvɛlt]
    Rhymes: -ɛlt

### Noun

kveld n (genitive singular kvelds, nominative plural kveld)
* (archaic or poetic) evening
    Synonym: aftann
** Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)
    Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʋɛlː/

### Noun

kveld m (definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kvelder, definite plural kveldene)
* evening
    Ha en fin kveld.
       Have a nice evening.
    ta en tidlig kveld - have an early night (go to bed earlier than usual)

#### Synonyms

* aften

#### Derived terms

* i kveld
* kveldssol
* kveldstur

### References

* “kveld” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʋɛlː/, /kʋɛld/

### Noun

kveld m (definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kveldar, definite plural kveldane)
* an evening

#### Synonyms

* aftan, eftan

#### Derived terms

* i kveld
* kvelda (“to end the day, to approach night time”)
* kvelding
* kveldsol, kveldssol
* kveldsmat
* kveldstur
* ta kvelden (“hit the hay, end the day”)

### References

* “kveld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* kveldr, kvøld — later form

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz. Akin to Old English cwild (“downfall, death”), cwyldtīd (“evening”), Old High German quiltiwerc (“evening work”), dialectal German Kilt. Originally literally “the quelling [of day]”, and exists also in the form kveld dags, usually with the preposition at: at kveldi dags (originally literally “at the end or quelling of the day”, hence “in the evening”). Related to kvelja, Old English cwellan, English quell, kill.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kwɛld/

### Noun

kveld n (genitive kvelds, plural kveld)
* evening
    Synonym: aptann

#### Derived terms

* affarakveld n (“the last evening of a fiest”)
* aptankveld n (“evening”)
* dróttinsdagskveld n (“Sunday evening”)
* dróttinskveld n (“Sunday evening”)
* frjádagskveld n (“Friday evening”)
* frjákveld n (“Friday evening”)
* gærkveld n (“yesterday evening”)
* jólakveld n (“Yule-eve”)
* kvelda (“to become evening”)
* kveldlangt (“all the evening”)
* kveldligr (“pertaining to the evening”)
* kveldmál n (“eventide”)
* kveldmáltíð f (“supper”)
* kveldriða f (“night-hag”)
* kveldseta f (“sitting up late”)
* kveldsvæfr (“inclined to sleep in the evening”)
* kveldsǫngr m (“evensong, vespers”)
* kveldtími m (“eventide”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kveld n, kvöld n
* Faroese: kvøld n
* Norwegian Bokmål: kveld m
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kveld m
* Old Swedish: quälder m, quäld n, quöld n
** Swedish: kväll c, in dialects also kväller c, kvöld n
* Old Danish: kwæld
** Danish: kvæld c (before and in dialects also n)

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kveld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* “kveld” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
* “kveldr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen